Steve McClaren has revealed he didn’t sleep a wink for six months during Manchester United’s Treble-winning season.
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A former NHS psychiatrist who says he was bullied so badly he couldn’t eat or sleep says he left the country for Canada to escape the 'toxic' workforce.
Dr Ahmed Hankir trained in Manchester and went on to work at hospitals across the country. But he claims his career soon became a nightmare – one that left him feeling like a “caged animal”.
Ahmed alleges he was bullied from his second year onwards in the NHS workforce, a problem that led to him struggling to eat, sleep and have intrusive thoughts.
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The 41-year-old, who now works as a consultant psychiatrist, claims he felt like he was under “constant surveillance” while being “ganged up on” by other employees.
Ahmed hasn't named the locations he claims he was bullied at, saying that he feels the problem is endemic across the country. Approached by the Manchester Evening News, the British Medical Association told the M.E.N members in Greater Manchester a “corrosive culture of bullying” still exists within areas of the NHS.
Ahmed says after 13 years he snapped and quit the NHS for good.
But he says his experiences still haunt him to this day – leaving him suffering from flashbacks while trying to heal his “unresolved trauma”.
“I felt like I was under constant surveillance,” he told the Manchester Evening News. “It felt like they were always trying to trip me up.
“Instead of being supported and valued, I felt bullied and harassed. I can’t emphasize how damaging it is.
“I felt trapped and I felt like a caged animal. It became so toxic.”
Ahmed can recall one time a positive report was written about him by his bosses but a clinical supervisor “wasn’t satisfied” with what was said.
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Steve McClaren has revealed he didn’t sleep a wink for six months during Manchester United’s Treble-winning season.
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